Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as important in 2008 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species'):
The current IUCN Red List category (shown above) may differ from that which was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment (2008).
Protected area (PA) |
PA designation |
PA area (ha) |
Relationship of PA with IBA |
Overlap of PA with IBA (ha) |
Yunguilla
|
Protected Forest |
4,500 |
protected area contains site |
60 |
Habitat (IUCN level 1) |
Habitat detail |
Extent (% of site) |
Forest |
Montane broadleaf evergreen forest, Second-growth or disturbed forest |
- |
Shrubland |
Arid montane scrub, Second-growth or disturbed scrub, Semihumid/humid montane scrub |
- |
Artificial/Terrestrial |
Perennial crops, orchards, groves, Urban parks and gardens |
- |
For more information about the IUCN Habitat classification, please click
here.
Land-use |
Extent (% of site) |
urban/industrial/transport |
- |
unknown |
- |
agriculture |
- |
nature conservation and research |
- |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Yunguilla Reserve. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/yunguilla-reserve-iba-ecuador on 19/03/2024.